Caballo, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Truth or Consequences West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87931. It stands on Las Animas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Caballo quadrangle. 77 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,252 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCaballo fell from 112 to 77 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 112 | |
| 2020 | 77 | -35 (-31%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Caballo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Hatch quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Caballo quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph, 2021Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Caballo between 1994 and 2018, burning about 67 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | KOOK |
| 11 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MILE 61 I-25 S |
| 31 May 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PAMPAS |
| 31 May 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RV |
| 31 May 1994 | Natural | 20 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | GRANITE |
| 3 May 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | BAT CAVE |
| 22 May 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | 187 GRILL |
| 14 May 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | 6-3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Caballo: 5 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Eagle | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Granite Peak | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Fluoride | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Fluoride Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead | Occurrence | 1937 | |
| Materials Pit 64-29-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 65-15-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sunset Mine 1948 | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1945, 1947 | |
| Blondie Claims | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Dredge Tailings 5 | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Dredge Tailings 6 | Gold | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caballo in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caballo | $4,000 | A power outage resulted from 4 power poles blown over. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Caballo | - | Water from Animas Creek was flowing over Capaz Road making it impassable. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Caballo | - | Golf ball size hail reported in Caballo. |
| October 2002 | Hail | Caballo | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caballo | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oasis | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Las Palomas | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Arrey | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| Williamsburg | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Truth or Consequences | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| Derry | 13.0 miles | 8 | |
| Elephant Butte | 13.6 miles | 14 | |
| Hillsboro | 14.2 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Caballo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5737856 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898738. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




